| 100% | SIDEB | 5 | "God Only Knows," vis-à-vis "Wouldn't It Be Nice" |
| 91% | SIDEA | 5 | "Wouldn't It Be Nice," vis-à-vis "God Only Knows" |
| 49% | BODE | 4 | "This was my dream. What it doth __, God knows": "Henry VI, Part 2" |
| 49% | SKIP | 4 | How do you know it's almost Leap Day? "When it is only a hop, ___, and jump away" |
| 46% | COFFEEBEAN | 10 | Globally used seed that usually comes in twos, but when there is only one inside the "cherry", it's known as a peaberry |
| 45% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Classic 1966 album with the tracks "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "Sloop John B" |
| 45% | WHOLENOTE | 9 | It may be the only thing in a bar |
| 44% | FLAW | 4 | It might be only a scratch |
| 43% | DNA | 3 | Its code uses only the letters A, G, C and T |
| 43% | GPS | 3 | How a smartphone knows where it is, for short |
| 43% | HYENA | 5 | A dog-like carnivore that is known for its laugh |
| 41% | PETSOUNDS | 9 | Beach Boys album with the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice" ... or things hidden in 17-, 31-, 37- and 49-Across |
| 41% | DEADSEA | 7 | George Burns quipped that when he was a boy, it was only sick |
| 41% | HARSH | 5 | “You could have been a little nicer about it” |
| 40% | YOGA | 4 | "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked. |
| 40% | EAR | 3 | A mantis is the only animal known to have just one of these |
| 39% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 39% | INSIDEJOKE | 10 | A newbie wouldn't get it, though the theme answers do |
| 39% | TECATE | 6 | Mexican town known for its beer, which is now a Heineken brand |
| 39% | TAIL | 4 | Hindmost part of a T-Rex that is part of its anatomy |
| 39% | IWANTMORE | 9 | “This is nice, but it isn’t enough” |
| 38% | ROTCART | 7 | ... Looking back on it, it was more like a ___ since it could only haul fruit that decayed.
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| 38% | GETBACK | 7 | Song from 47-Across with the lyrics "Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner / But he knew it couldn't last" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BUSINESS | 8 | It was nice doing __ with you |
| 38% | IWISH | 5 | "Wouldn't that be nice!" |
| 38% | IWISH | 5 | "Wouldn't that be nice" |
| 38% | ICANDREAM | 9 | "Wouldn't that be nice" |
| 38% | IFONLY | 6 | "Wouldn't that be nice!" |
| 38% | IHOPE | 5 | "Wouldn't that be nice!" |
| 38% | IWISH | 5 | "Wouldn't THAT be nice!?" |